I Built an Operating System for My Family — Full FamilyWell Walkthrough

I've been building FamilyWell for about three months and running it with my own family for the last couple of them. It's a family operating system — one app for your shopping lists, chores, shared spending, notes, contacts, birthdays, home inventory, projects and even your cars. This is the full walkthrough of every module, recorded on an iPhone. ▶️ Try it yourself on the live demo: https://familywell.co/demo Go and add your family. Seriously — create your household, invite your partner and your kids, and pull your lists, chores and shared expenses into one place instead of five different apps and a group chat. You can bring in guests with a share link too, so grandparents or friends you're splitting a trip with don't need an account. FamilyWell is going to be an open source project, so if you have a spare computer, a server or a VM sitting around you'll be able to host it privately. If you'd rather not run it yourself, I'm planning a hosted version on a small subscription. ⭐ WHAT'S INSIDE • Modular by design — pin the modules you actually use, hide the rest • Spending: receipt scanning, automatic categories, budgets and breakdowns • Spending lists for trips and events, with balances, custom splits and settlements • Shopping lists organised by shop and aisle, plus a focus mode for when you're in the store • Tasks and projects with subtasks, assignees, due dates and share links • Inventory with minimum quantities that auto-adds low items to your shopping list • Notes, contacts and birthdays, with home screen widgets and push notifications • Vehicles: mileage, oil changes and a full maintenance history • Members, guests and granular permissions ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 What FamilyWell is 00:33 Open source, self-hosted or managed 01:13 Try it: familywell.co/demo 01:36 Install it as an app (home screen + push) 02:26 Modular by design — pick your modules 03:31 Spending: the monthly overview 03:50 Adding an expense and scanning a receipt 04:17 Smart category detection 04:51 Spending settings, currency and categories 06:14 Budgets and spending breakdowns 07:13 Spending lists for trips and events 07:54 Sharing a list with guests (link + password) 08:44 Balances, custom splits and settlements 10:29 Birthdays and the home screen widget 11:00 Contacts, and why they're separate from your phone 11:47 Projects: backyard paving from start to finish 13:13 The home dashboard: focus, this week, recents 14:15 Tasks, subtasks and assignees 15:16 Shopping lists and Shops 15:46 Shopping by store and aisle (the Costco run) 16:52 Configuring shops, departments and templates 17:33 Notifications 18:03 Notes, folders and share links 19:07 Inventory and auto-replenishment 20:53 Inventory categories and locations 22:15 Low stock straight into your shopping list 23:09 Focus mode while you're in the shop 23:41 Voice dictation for lists 24:18 Vehicles: mileage, oil changes, maintenance history 25:45 Members, guests and skins 26:52 Modules, primitives and the marketplace idea 27:52 What I'd like from you 💬 Tell me what you think This is still early and I'm building it in the open. Try the demo, add your family, and then tell me what's missing, what's confusing, and what you'd want to plug in. Comments are the fastest way to reach me. 👉 https://familywell.co/demo #familyorganizer #selfhosted #opensource #productivity #familyapp